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Crome: Before Purgatory cover art

Crome: Before Purgatory

Stumphead Games LLC · 2019-01-29

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.

88%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 16,648 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720192026Week of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeShooterDifficultBullet HellFree to PlayShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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